Prothymosin α

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1243-1248

  Segade, Fernando ^a   Gómez Márquez, Jaime ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Univ Santiago C   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Chromatin decondensation; Histone H1; Prothymosin

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H1; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0344980428     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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